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How Technology Fuels Customer Experience and Brand Value

Retail TouchPoints

At a time when brand interactions bridge both digital and physical shopping, it is increasingly important for retailers to leverage technology to improve customer experiences and create value. Here are a few examples of how technology enhances customer experience and strengthens brand value.

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Walmart Acquires Robotics Company to Boost Next-Gen Fulfillment Capabilities

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart has entered an agreement to acquire Alert Innovation , a robotics automation company that develops material-handling technology for automating order fulfillment in retail supply chains. Walmart has been working with Alert to customize technology for its market fulfillment centers (MFCs) since 2016.

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Breathe Technologies launches order fulfilment software to help e-tailers overcome online marketplace fulfilment challenges

Retail Technology Review

Smart warehouse solutions provider, Breathe Technologies, has launched an order fulfilment software to help e-tailers meet both stringent online marketplace requirements and their own direct customer demand.

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How Enterprise Modernization and Artificial Intelligence are Charting a New Course for the Consumer Industry

Retail TouchPoints

Whether it’s the food and beverage sector, apparel and footwear or automobiles, direct-to-consumer businesses are grappling with the consequences of shifting consumer behaviors against the backdrop of an unpredictable global supply chain. These businesses find themselves at a demanding intersection.

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Modernizing legacy systems for supply chain excellence

Pivotree Blog

But meeting the complex demands of the modern supply chain isn’t easy, especially if you’re running a monolithic order management system. Integrated ecosystems are what’s driving speed and efficiency in today’s supply chain operations. Companies are under tremendous pressure to evolve their systems to keep pace with demand.

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ShipBob Review: The Ultimate Order Fulfillment Solution?

Ecommerce Platforms

Luckily, the process becomes way easier if you outsource fulfillment to a company like ShipBob that has the technology, fulfillment services, geographic footprint, and scalability to support you as you grow. ShipBob is one of the top order fulfillment services that provides two main services. What is ShipBob?

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Automation: The Driving Force Behind Warehouse Management Growth

Retail TouchPoints

A growing retail and ecommerce business can turn an efficient process into a multi-step nightmare with inaccurate purchasing, order fulfillment and returns processes. Hence the undeniable need for robust warehouse management technologies that are future-focused and effortlessly scalable. Sophisticated Automation.